Despite Todd Golden’s smarmy attitude following Saturday’s game, there are several key indicators that point to just how incredibly lucky Florida was to escape with a win.
We aren’t just talking about the bad calls, of which there were numerous. We aren’t just talking about the outright missed calls, of which there were also numerous. We are talking about the actual, cold, hard statistics of the game.
Xaivian Lee’s statistical fluke
Let’s start with Xaivian Lee’s rare shooting display.
Lee hit four massive three-pointers against us on Saturday afternoon. To put into perspective just how out of character that was, Lee had exactly four total threes during a five-game stretch from January 20th to February 7th. That kind of scorching shooting efficiency is simply not going to carry on for Florida…